Google Opens Privacy Web Form For 'Right To Be Forgotten' Requests
Google Opens Privacy Web Form For 'Right To Be Forgotten'
Requests
First published May 30th 2014, 2:06 am
LONDON - Google began accepting requests Friday from
Europeans who want who want to exercise the 'right to be forgotten' in results
produced by the world's dominant search engine.
Demands can be submitted on a Web form that Google opened
in response to a landmark ruling issued two weeks ago by Europe's highest
court.
“We will assess each individual request and attempt to
balance the privacy rights of the individual with the public's right to know
and distribute information,” the organization said in a statement.
Anyone submitting the form will need copy of a valid form
of photo ID.
“We're working to finalize our implementation of removal
requests under European data protection law as soon as possible. In the
meantime, please fill out the form below and we will notify you when we start
processing your request. We appreciate your patience.”
The court decision gives users in the European Union the
means to improve their online reputations by petitioning Google and other
search engines to remove potentially damaging links from search results of
their name.
The ruling only applies in the E.U., meaning Googling the
same person in the United States and dozens of other countries could look much
different than it does from Europe. However, although the court ruling only
applied to 28 countries in the E.U., Google is extending the "right to be
forgotten" to four other countries — Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and
Switzerland.
More than 500 million people live in the area affected by
Google's potential purge of personal information from its European search
results.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Alastair Jamieson and Emma Ong
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